Bihar Ration Card Online | Status | Search | List at sfc.bihar.gov.in

Ration Card in Bihar is among the most useful documents of all time. It helps the citizens to get food grains at discounted rates. All the members having their names registered with Ration Card department are entitled to receive some basic amount of subsidized household items from fair price shops every month. In this article we will be checking various facts about how to get ration card online and offline in Bihar, how to search for existing ones, how to modify address and name details, status track, required documents etc. This guide can be used across all cities including Patna, Gaya etc

As of now Bihar Government is trying every possible medium to push ration card related activities to online platforms. However it appears like it will take time and till then users will need to go through conventional methods only. Below we have discussed everything that you need to know about PDS system in Bihar. In Bihar, Government has distributed cards based on financial conditions in form of APL, BPL and Antyadoya cards. These all are differentiated with help of color codes and are entitled to different-different benefits. Ration card alone can serve multiple purpose like residence proof, ID verification, basis to create other government forms and much more.

Apply Online/Offline Bihar Ration Card

Below is the guide to apply for ration card across entire state:

Visit your nearby ration card PDS or SD office

Get the application form and fill it completely

Attach the required documents (mentioned below)

Submit the form and pay the application fee

Your details will get checked and ration card will be issued within 15 working days of the application submission

This is how you can apply for Bihar Ration card. Below are the documents that you need to attach along with application form:

All these documents must be attested through some gazetted officer. In case applicant do not have residence proof then ration card inspector will validate your details manually through onsite inspections anytime after the application submission. They will take written evidence from 2 neighbors.

Bihar ration card inquiry can be done through same portal as well. List of distributed ration cards in Bihar can be viewed in pdf format and can be filtered as per name, area sections.

Check Bihar Ration Card Status Online

As we discussed above, there is no direct online provision to check card status online yet. However resources are working on it and as soon any update comes, we will update the step by step guide here. Till then you can follow below simple guide to track your application status anytime:

Keep the acknowledgment number handy that you got after submission of application form

Visit online portal and search the status using it

Or else take contact number of any official and check with them

This is how you can check the status for now. If any modifications come, we will surely update you here. In case if any sort of assistance is required, you can directly reach to officials using below details:

Pay the fee and wait for 15 days max to get details added to existing card

This is how you can modify your ration card anytime. You can even get issued duplicate card anytime (applicable for special cases only). Duplicate ration cards can be obtained in case they are somehow missed or not readable.